The man who saved the Edmonton Oilers and owned and governed them (as Chairman of the Edmonton Investors Group) from 1998 until 2008 was named to the Order of Canada today in Ottawa.
“It feels great,” said Cal Nichols to Bob Stauffer on 630 CHED’s Oilers Now. “I never expected this. When it first happened, it was a very pleasant surprise.”
A small-town guy from Paradise Hills, Saskatchewan, Nichols joins such distinguished names as Terry Fox, David Suzuki, Margaret Atwood and Tommy Douglas among others. He talked about his community upbringing.
“My mom and dad were community people and that’s where it all started.